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Top 10 Lists

Beginning in 2015, the lists should not be considered final. My job took me on extensive travel during this time.

1993 1994 1995 1996
  1. True Romance
  2. Schindler's List
  3. A Perfect World
  4. Dazed and Confused
  5. Free Willy
  6. Body Snatchers
  7. Wide Sargasso Sea
  8. The Fugitive
  9. Falling Down
  10. Kalifornia
  1. Natural Born Killers
  2. Pulp Fiction
  3. Hoop Dreams
  4. Forrest Gump
  5. Ed Wood
  6. True Lies
  7. The Crow
  8. Nell
  9. Heavenly Creatures
  10. Quiz Show
  1. Dead Man Walking
  2. Toy Story
  3. Nixon
  4. Apollo 13
  5. Strange Days
  6. Leaving Las Vegas
  7. Mighty Aphrodite
  8. Babe
  9. A Little Princess
  10. Braveheart
  1. The People vs. Larry Flynt
  2. Mulholland Falls
  3. Foxfire
  4. Beautiful Girls
  5. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  6. Executive Decision
  7. Freeway
  8. The Arrival
  9. Welcome to the Dollhouse
  10. Normal Life
1997 1998 1999 2000
  1. Titanic
  2. Good Will Hunting
  3. The Edge
  4. Gattaca
  5. Boogie Nights
  6. L.A. Confidential
  7. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
  8. As Good as it Gets
  9. Anastasia
  10. Chasing Amy
  1. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
  2. Saving Private Ryan
  3. He Got Game
  4. Dark City
  5. Return to Paradise
  6. The Truman Show
  7. Pleasantville
  8. Happiness
  9. A Simple Plan
  10. Zero Effect
  1. Being John Malkovich
  2. Toy Story 2
  3. The Blair Witch Project
  4. 8MM
  5. Election
  6. Eyes Wide Shut
  7. The Dinner Game
  8. The Straight Story
  9. Boys Don't Cry
  10. Fight Club
  1. Battle Royale
  2. Beautiful People
  3. Pups
  4. The Virgin Suicides
  5. The Big Kahuna
  6. Requiem for a Dream
  7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  8. Mission to Mars
  9. Castaway
  10. The Cell
2001 2002 2003 2004
  1. Vanilla Sky
  2. Waking Life
  3. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  4. The Royal Tenenbaums
  5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  6. Bully
  7. Donnie Darko
  8. The Majestic
  9. Monster's Ball
  10. Ghost World
  1. Catch Me if You Can
  2. Chicago
  3. Femme Fatale
  4. Brotherhood of the Wolf
  5. Spider-Man
  6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  7. Signs
  8. The Cat's Meow
  9. Changing Lanes
  10. Minority Report
  1. The Matrix Reloaded
  2. Phone Booth
  3. Lilya 4-Ever
  4. In America
  5. Monster
  6. May
  7. Levity
  8. Big Fish
  9. Bad Santa
  10. Matchstick Men
  1. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
  2. Napoleon Dynamite
  3. Spider-Man 2
  4. The Incredibles
  5. The Aviator
  6. Uncovered: The War in Iraq
  7. Closer
  8. Million Dollar Baby
  9. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
  10. The Forgotten
2005 2006 2007 2008
  1. King Kong
  2. Batman Begins
  3. Walk the Line
  4. Broken Flowers
  5. Grizzly Man
  6. Sin City
  7. Keane
  8. Shopgirl
  9. Junebug
  10. Unleashed
  1. Pan's Labyrinth
  2. V for Vendetta
  3. Apocalypto
  4. Children of Men
  5. Hard Candy
  6. Stranger Than Fiction
  7. America: From Freedom to Fascism
  8. 49 Up
  9. Casino Royale
  10. A Scanner Darkly
  1. No Country for Old Men
  2. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  3. The Ultimate Gift
  4. Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement
  5. No End in Sight
  6. Right at Your Door
  7. 300
  8. Sunshine
  9. King of California
  10. The Simpson's Movie
  1. Synecdoche, New York
  2. The Dark Knight
  3. Definitely, Maybe
  4. The Wrestler
  5. WALL·E
  6. The Hurt Locker
  7. Pineapple Express
  8. Iron Man
  9. Inside the Vietnam War
  10. Doomsday
2009 2010 2011 2012
  1. Watchmen
  2. The Chaser
  3. Avatar
  4. The Cove
  5. The Road
  6. Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times
  7. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call–New Orleans
  8. District 9
  9. The Hangover
  10. Moon
  1. Invisible Empire
  2. Inception
  3. The Social Network
  4. Toy Story 3
  5. Unstoppable
  6. Blue Valentine
  7. The Other Guys
  8. Kick-Ass
  9. Restrepo
  10. The Town
  1. The Tree of Life
  2. Drive
  3. Limitless
  4. Moneyball
  5. Melancholia
  6. Source Code
  7. Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
  8. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
  9. Horrible Bosses
  10. Captain America: The First Avenger
  1. Argo
  2. Skyfall
  3. This is 40
  4. Cabin in the Woods
  5. Looper
  6. The Avengers
  7. Amour
  8. Killer Joe
  9. Wreck-it Ralph
  10. The Dark Knight Rises
2013 2014 2015 2016
  1. Before Midnight
  2. 56 Up
  3. Prisoners
  4. Gravity
  5. Her
  6. Lone Survivor
  7. The Spectacular Now
  8. Only God Forgives
  9. Carrie
  10. 42
  1. Under the Skin
  2. Interstellar
  3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  5. Chef
  6. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  7. Fury
  8. Slingshot
  9. Godzilla
  10. X-Men: Days of Future Past
  1. Mad Max: Fury Road
  2. The Martian
  3. Everest
  4. Spectre
  5. Predestination
  6. Inside Out
  7. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
  8. Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens
  9. Concussion
  1. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
  2. The Red Pill
  3. O.J.: Made in America
  4. Risen
  5. Hacksaw Ridge
  6. Don't Breathe
  7. Lion
  8. The Green Room
  9. Train to Busan
  10. Arrival
2017 2018 2019 2020
  1. Only the Brave
  2. Blade Runner 2049
  3. Dunkirk
  4. It: Chapter 1
  5. Good Time
  6. Darkest Hour
  7. War for the Planet of the Apes
  8. I, Tonya
  9. Viceroy's House
  10. The Beguiled
  1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  2. Bumblebee
  3. The 15:17 to Paris
  4. Annihilation
  5. Black Panther
  6. Halloween
  7. Hereditary
  1. Uncut Gems
  2. High Life
  3. It: Chapter 2
  4. Toy Story 4
  5. The Wandering Earth
  1. The Outpost
  2. The Invisible Man
  3. Color Out of Space
  4. Possessor
2021 2022 2023 2024
  1. Dune Part One
  2. American Underdog
  3. Pig
  1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
  2. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  3. Top Gun: Maverick
  4. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
  5. The Batman
  6. The Black Phone
  7. Beast
  8. Prey
  1. The Holdovers
  2. Past Lives
  3. Missing
  4. Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1
  5. The Covenant
  6. Godzilla Minus One
  7. Sound of Freedom
  8. Jules
  9. John Wick 4
  10. Gran Turismo

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